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but mr. romney did not want to wait for that. he started his campaign events today. i'm sorry, are you stuck doing something else? i'll take advantage of that? i'll get back on the campaign trail, i'm heading to florida. apparently you're otherwise occupied. well, i'm not. it's remarkable. it is a remarkable decision to restart his campaign today. but honestly, it is also remarkable that mr. romney never really stopped campaigning in the first place. we reported yesterday on this event that mr. romney held in dayton, ohio, yesterday afternoon. it was the event that had previously been billed as a victory rally in dayton. with the president off the campaign trail entirely to deal with the crisis, the tromny campaign realized it would be coarse to keep campaigning. the campaign's communications director put out a statement on monday saying that the romney campaign was going to be canceling all campaign events, "out of sensitivity to the millions of americans in the path of hurricane sandy." see, they realized like they had to seem like they were being sensitive to the
but mr. romney did not want to wait for that. he started his campaign events today. i'm sorry, are you stuck doing something else? i'll take advantage of that? i'll get back on the campaign trail, i'm heading to florida. apparently you're otherwise occupied. well, i'm not. it's remarkable. it is a remarkable decision to restart his campaign today. but honestly, it is also remarkable that mr. romney never really stopped campaigning in the first place. we reported yesterday on this event that mr....
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romney, how was your meeting with mr. romney today? was it nice to see him? >> good friend. great to be with him. >> always great to see paul ryan. >> sure. always great to see him. and chat about the irony of their getting only 47% of the vote. how fitting. but the fact is, even now many republicans don't get why they were rejected by the american people. this morning, as romney was getting ready for his big day in washington, his top political strategist was on national tv talking about why he lost. >> i certainly don't think it was the ideas. i think that the ideas carried the day for us and the success that we had, though it obviously wasn't enough to win the race, was based on the candidate mitt romney and on his ideas. >> the ideas carried the day? what is he talking about? those ideas are why romney came in second place. this election was a rejection of the policies romney stood for. but too many republicans just don't get it. right now we have incredibly important issues to deal with, on tacks, jobs, immigration, marriage equality. but how account country move forwar
romney, how was your meeting with mr. romney today? was it nice to see him? >> good friend. great to be with him. >> always great to see paul ryan. >> sure. always great to see him. and chat about the irony of their getting only 47% of the vote. how fitting. but the fact is, even now many republicans don't get why they were rejected by the american people. this morning, as romney was getting ready for his big day in washington, his top political strategist was on national tv...
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mitt romney's national campaign chairman. mr. romney also elevated and dignified by his presence, i'm sorry to have to say the name, but this guy, donald trump. mitt romney as the leader of the republican party flew out to las vegas to personally receive donald trump's endorsement. mr. romney's running mate paul ryan held special in-person events with donald trump. he did robocalls throughout the campaign and he wasn't freelancing. mitt romney asked him to do it. he did have the leadership reigns of the republican party for a brief moment as their presidential candidate. and what he did with that position of leadership is going to haunt the republican party's prospects of being taken seriously for a long time to come. so the question now, as it has been, who is next? who runs that party? who is their leader? [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support ce
mitt romney's national campaign chairman. mr. romney also elevated and dignified by his presence, i'm sorry to have to say the name, but this guy, donald trump. mitt romney as the leader of the republican party flew out to las vegas to personally receive donald trump's endorsement. mr. romney's running mate paul ryan held special in-person events with donald trump. he did robocalls throughout the campaign and he wasn't freelancing. mitt romney asked him to do it. he did have the leadership...
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mitt romney's national campaign chairman. mr. romney also elevated and dignified by his presence, i'm sorry to have to say the name, but this guy, donald trump. mitt romney as the leader of the republican party as their presidential standardbearer flew out to las vegas to bernly receive donald trump's endorsement. mr. romney's running mate paul ryan held special in-person events with donald trump. he did robocalls throughout the campaign and he wasn't freelancing. mitt romney asked him to do it. he did have the leadership reins of the republican party for a brief moment as their presidential candidate. and what he did with that position of leadership is going to haunt the republican party prospects of being taken seriously for a long time to come. so the question now, as it has been for many years now, is who's next? who runs that party? who is their leader now? how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understa
mitt romney's national campaign chairman. mr. romney also elevated and dignified by his presence, i'm sorry to have to say the name, but this guy, donald trump. mitt romney as the leader of the republican party as their presidential standardbearer flew out to las vegas to bernly receive donald trump's endorsement. mr. romney's running mate paul ryan held special in-person events with donald trump. he did robocalls throughout the campaign and he wasn't freelancing. mitt romney asked him to do...
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romney and i think what he has to come across at is a very pragmatic individual. that's what americans, i tell you, in pennsylvania that's what we want is a pragmatic approach. step aside from the ideology. when 60% of the budget has to do with entitlements, you know it has to be addressed. then on the other hand, when you have seen the tax rates for the top 1% in the last 50 years has gone down 40%, by the other 99% overall tax rates have remained essentially saying you understand where at least for the first traurj of tax revenues we have to go, but the end of the day we need everyone to do a shared sacrifice and i hope this president with mr. boehner stays the course. we know the bipartisan principle approach that must be done. it is going to take both spending reductions, entitlement reform, and tax quite frankly revenue increases. >> chip, i was also thinking this weekend as i was looking at the numbers this morning about how well they did on black friday and what they're expecting on cyber monday today that it does seem to give the impression that people are
romney and i think what he has to come across at is a very pragmatic individual. that's what americans, i tell you, in pennsylvania that's what we want is a pragmatic approach. step aside from the ideology. when 60% of the budget has to do with entitlements, you know it has to be addressed. then on the other hand, when you have seen the tax rates for the top 1% in the last 50 years has gone down 40%, by the other 99% overall tax rates have remained essentially saying you understand where at...
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and mitt romney has gone almost as extreme as mr. ryan has in overturning roe versus wade. he would do that against the contraception hostility. i can see on women's issues in particular, you want to be on offense talking about your own record. >> but this was governor romney's bet. the time for spin is over. now time to vote. we'll see. his bet was that women, while they care about all these other social issues, that basically the economy, in governor romney's opinion, was in such bad shape that he could cut into obama's women vote margin by saying you may not agree with these issues, but i will put your husband and you back to work. there's some indication that things that moved among women toward romney, at least in some degree and if governor romney, if he wins this election, it will be because women ages 24-55 were more worried about the economy than they were these other issues. >> although i totally agree with you in concept and he blew it you in concept and he blew it in execution because he couldn't say he supported fair pay for women. when he won't say he'll take
and mitt romney has gone almost as extreme as mr. ryan has in overturning roe versus wade. he would do that against the contraception hostility. i can see on women's issues in particular, you want to be on offense talking about your own record. >> but this was governor romney's bet. the time for spin is over. now time to vote. we'll see. his bet was that women, while they care about all these other social issues, that basically the economy, in governor romney's opinion, was in such bad...
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romney's aids on election nature as they saw voters they never knew kpaised. it is one thing to say are you going to do it. it is another thing to get out there and do it, said brian jones, a senior adviser. at the end of the day the obama campaign's get out the vote registered 1.8 million new voters by knocking on doors and registered another 1.1 million through online campaigns including a groundbreaking facebook app that deserves a special word because it genuinely might reshape how campaigns run going forward. michael shearer writes in the final weeks before election day, a scary statistic emerged from the databases at the chicago headquarters. half the campaign's targeted swing state voters under age 29 had no listed phone number. they lived in the cellular shadows effectively immune to traditional get out the vote efforts. this facebook app was the obama campaign's answer to that very, very new problem, the more than 1 million obama backer who is signed up for the app gave the campaign permission to look at their facebook friend lists and in an instant t
romney's aids on election nature as they saw voters they never knew kpaised. it is one thing to say are you going to do it. it is another thing to get out there and do it, said brian jones, a senior adviser. at the end of the day the obama campaign's get out the vote registered 1.8 million new voters by knocking on doors and registered another 1.1 million through online campaigns including a groundbreaking facebook app that deserves a special word because it genuinely might reshape how...
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more than 315 others filed before mr. obama and romney including 35 who filed before 2010. interesting stat there is. in 2008 my next guest was a strong supporter of president obama but now his support is waivering. he makes as much of an argument for mitt romney as he does for barack obama. former governor wilder, it's good to see you. i do have some questions for you. i have to say as i read it, it seemed like it was lacking on the op part, if you know what i mean. you write that the election is the most important of our lifetime, but you don't make a call for either candidate. so who will you support? >> i thought i did. i thought i laid out the issues. i thought i laid out why i thought people should be concerned with issues and how they should vote. >> you did. so from an editorial perspective, you did, but you didn't come off with a clear consensus of the person who were supporting. can you tell me who that it is? >> let me answer it this way. what would make you think that the vote that the cast in 2008 wouldn't be cast this time because i have not been around the co
more than 315 others filed before mr. obama and romney including 35 who filed before 2010. interesting stat there is. in 2008 my next guest was a strong supporter of president obama but now his support is waivering. he makes as much of an argument for mitt romney as he does for barack obama. former governor wilder, it's good to see you. i do have some questions for you. i have to say as i read it, it seemed like it was lacking on the op part, if you know what i mean. you write that the election...
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>> table for two. >> don't help me, don't help me. >> mr. romney goes to washington. >> mitt romney makes his way to the white house. >> the political power lunch of 2012. >> it's not exactly the way he wanted to get there. >> president obama and mitt romney meeting for the first time, privately. >> when we say private, we mean private. >> no cameras. >> no cameras allowed. >> no staff. >> to move forward and have a lunch. it's weird. >> there's really no agenda. >> it's weird! >> it's really to bury the hatchet. >> mitt romney comes to washington. guess whose coming to lunch? >> rip flamba. >> we are now 33 days away from the fiscal curb, and democrats are telling republicans that it's their move. >> we are not going to negotiate with us. we have made a proposal through the president of the united states. that proposal said we should revert back to the same tax plan that we had when clinton was president. you can't get from here to there unless you raise the upper rates. and that's what the president suggested, it's up to them to come forwa
>> table for two. >> don't help me, don't help me. >> mr. romney goes to washington. >> mitt romney makes his way to the white house. >> the political power lunch of 2012. >> it's not exactly the way he wanted to get there. >> president obama and mitt romney meeting for the first time, privately. >> when we say private, we mean private. >> no cameras. >> no cameras allowed. >> no staff. >> to move forward and have a lunch....
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mr. romney's chief strategist says he thought the campaign he ran went just fine. he says they, quote, carried the day. which i'm sure they did, other than the whole losing everything part. you would think there would be a lot of mainstream appropriate yum for stuart stevens here for that fantastical beltway self regard. but the mainstream seems to mostly be ignoring him. the people who are paying attention to what he's saying are the folks on the political right. and they're paying attention because they are not happy. quote, if stu stevens' private advice for romney is as delusional as this op-ed, no wonder he lost. or this one. oh, for f-sake, my brain is burning with fire. that's the reaction for this year's republican presidential campaign chief strategist from conservatives. then there's one of mitt romney's republican primary rivals, jon huntsman, also now being torn apart by folks on the right for voicing his own critical comments about his party's process for choosing its nominee
mr. romney's chief strategist says he thought the campaign he ran went just fine. he says they, quote, carried the day. which i'm sure they did, other than the whole losing everything part. you would think there would be a lot of mainstream appropriate yum for stuart stevens here for that fantastical beltway self regard. but the mainstream seems to mostly be ignoring him. the people who are paying attention to what he's saying are the folks on the political right. and they're paying attention...
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did mr. romney think they would get out? once again he's talking to a group of donors and supporters and something gets out. >> exactly. you know, it was a private call. he had every reason to believe it would remain private. but it was a call with donors, a call with about 400 donors. he's had sort of bad experiences in the past. so i imagine in the back of his mind it either was or should have been the idea that he wants this to be private but what he says could very quickly become public. >> you know, ashley, nefsht gop seems to be running faster than you're saying bolt away from romney and the remnants of his campaign. why did he feel the need to make more of the 47%-like comments? any idea? >> well again, some of his aides i talked to them afterward and they're frustrated with this idea, they said it's sort of typical romney. they admit that "gifts" was sort of a wrong word to use. he was being a little awkward and ineloquent. but he's speaking to a bunch of donors who in a way are like investors who have gotten what th
did mr. romney think they would get out? once again he's talking to a group of donors and supporters and something gets out. >> exactly. you know, it was a private call. he had every reason to believe it would remain private. but it was a call with donors, a call with about 400 donors. he's had sort of bad experiences in the past. so i imagine in the back of his mind it either was or should have been the idea that he wants this to be private but what he says could very quickly become...
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mr. rush limbaugh. i know you were working during his show today. i have him for you. >> so romney is out saying that obama was santa claus. where have we heard that before. and then bobby gindal said no. no. no. no so he is cutting my santa claus bit out from under me. it gets harder and harder here every day i have to tell you. >> it is hard for us because he is a jindal fan. also who looks more like santa claus. president obama or rush limbaugh. this is part of the republican party wanting to figure it out but not figure it out. russh has been -- people like hm refuse to again, say look we've done this wrong. this isn't the party of the future. we are an old america and we have to move forward in a real fashion. crossing rush limbaugh would be the clearest way that i'm trying to do something different. there are people on the right who have spoken up to say your fail ti to market of white christian grievance that is essential the media world that is killing you. and people are going to have to make a practical cost benefit analysis. there is no b
mr. rush limbaugh. i know you were working during his show today. i have him for you. >> so romney is out saying that obama was santa claus. where have we heard that before. and then bobby gindal said no. no. no. no so he is cutting my santa claus bit out from under me. it gets harder and harder here every day i have to tell you. >> it is hard for us because he is a jindal fan. also who looks more like santa claus. president obama or rush limbaugh. this is part of the republican...
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oh, yeah, the big romney call for self-deportation had nothing to do with it. nor did the gop's slew of other extremist position on immigration. and then there's mr. on-air meltdown himself, karl rove, the former gop king-maker. why not just come right out and call him the man who blew through $300 million? he said in his speech, he's no longer suicidal that president won. well, that's a relief. now mr. rove is just, quote, despondent. and here's his new theory on why they lost. what splinters the republican party is intolerant and judgmental language and an unwillingness to acknowledge differences. so the big mystery the republicans have figured out their party just sounds to me is about their language. it's about their tone. nothing about their far right policies. hey, mr. rove, we fell for this before. remember the compassionate conservative? joining me now is molly ball with the atlantic magazine and her latest article on the down and out with ted cruz and the gop. here in the studio is dana milbank. he writes about the gop and it is urge to purge. thank yo
oh, yeah, the big romney call for self-deportation had nothing to do with it. nor did the gop's slew of other extremist position on immigration. and then there's mr. on-air meltdown himself, karl rove, the former gop king-maker. why not just come right out and call him the man who blew through $300 million? he said in his speech, he's no longer suicidal that president won. well, that's a relief. now mr. rove is just, quote, despondent. and here's his new theory on why they lost. what splinters...
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>> they think of wombs and wackos. >> wackos, weirdos, and witches. >> have you grover norquist. >> mr. anti tax himself. grover norquist. >> the president elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> poopy head. >> he actually said that. >> grover norquist or grover from "sesame street?" >> the fiscal cliff. >> move into high gear this week. >> taxes on the table. >> that's a given. >> some could be splintering. >> we know there has to be revenues. >> they really won't i don't think. >> i think that's a given. >> that suggests compromise. >> republicans might blink on this. >> you don't have to compromise values to come to the table. >> if there was a mandate, it was a mandate to work together. >> america has clearly said they have had enough. >> newton malloy gingrich has been in politics 40 years. 40 long years. and finally -- finally -- newt realizes he doesn't understand america. >> i was wrong last week, as was virtually every major republican analyst. you have to stop and say to yourself, if i was that far off, what do i need to learn to better understa
>> they think of wombs and wackos. >> wackos, weirdos, and witches. >> have you grover norquist. >> mr. anti tax himself. grover norquist. >> the president elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> poopy head. >> he actually said that. >> grover norquist or grover from "sesame street?" >> the fiscal cliff. >> move into high gear this week. >> taxes on the table. >> that's a given....
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. >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. good to see you. >> thank you. >> mitt romney meanwhile is making two appearances in virginia on this all-important last day of campaigning. another indication of how important virginia is for the road to 270. eric cantor joins me to talk about the republican chances in his state. thank you very much, mr. leader. thank you for being with us. what are you seeing in virginia? >> well, andrea, i have been with mitt romney and paul ryan over the last week be here in virginia and the enthusiasm is off the charts with republicans and people who want to see mitt romney elected because he's actually got a plan to create jobs to make this economy come roaring back and people that really are dissatisfied with the way things have been over the last four years. i think that's what it comes down to. i think you're going to see a win in virginia for mitt romney a lot wider than what people are expecting to see and a win for george allen here in the commonwealth. >> the nbc news/"wall street journal
. >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. good to see you. >> thank you. >> mitt romney meanwhile is making two appearances in virginia on this all-important last day of campaigning. another indication of how important virginia is for the road to 270. eric cantor joins me to talk about the republican chances in his state. thank you very much, mr. leader. thank you for being with us. what are you seeing in virginia? >> well, andrea, i have been with mitt romney and paul ryan...
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but what do you think mitt romney allegedly did that was wrong? why have you called for this? >> well, because we're told by our legal department that he violated the government ethics laws and he did not disclose where he's got a conflict of interest, his investments in delphi corporation. it's so hypocritical, as you said, for him to criticize the loan and go in like a vulture capitalist and buy the stock at a low price and extort general motors, costing the taxpayers more money. he and his friends at the vulture capitalist made as you said 3,000% to 4,000% return on their investment in delphi by holding up general motors and costing the government more money. >> all right. let's talk -- >> costing taxpayers more. >> let's talk about this extort and hold up general motors. now, delphi is critical to the automobile manufacturing business. they, of course, manufacture parts that go into automobiles with general motors that they just couldn't make the vehicles without delphi's assistance. is that correct? >> right. if the parts don't come in, they can't build the cars. >> okay.
but what do you think mitt romney allegedly did that was wrong? why have you called for this? >> well, because we're told by our legal department that he violated the government ethics laws and he did not disclose where he's got a conflict of interest, his investments in delphi corporation. it's so hypocritical, as you said, for him to criticize the loan and go in like a vulture capitalist and buy the stock at a low price and extort general motors, costing the taxpayers more money. he and...